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Is East Chicago the Next Flint?

published:26 Jun 2017

Is East Chicago the Next Flint?

Is East Chicago the Next Flint?

published:26 Jun 2017

views:8949

Demetra Turner and her family moved into the West Calumet Public Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana in May 2016. A month later, she found out she would have to evacuate her new home due to extremely elevated levels of lead and arsenic in the soil and water. It turned out the public housing complex was sitting on top of a Superfund site, one of the most toxic in the country. East Chicago is one of many low-income, majority black communities that disproportionately suffer from environmental harm across the country. “We’re going through the same thing Flint went through – neglect,” says resident and activist Sherry Hunter. “And it all has to do with poor black people.”
For more, read the story: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/living-on-lead/531534/...

Is East Chicago the Next Flint?

published:26 Jun 2017

views:8949

Demetra Turner and her family moved into the West Calumet Public Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana in May 2016. A month later, she found out she would have to evacuate her new home due to extremely elevated levels of lead and arsenic in the soil and water. It turned out the public housing complex was sitting on top of a Superfund site, one of the most toxic in the country. East Chicago is one of many low-income, majority black communities that disproportionately suffer from environmental harm across the country. “We’re going through the same thing Flint went through – neglect,” says resident and activist Sherry Hunter. “And it all has to do with poor black people.”
For more, read the story: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/living-on-lead/531534/...

Man's murder in 2016 was ordered by East Chicago street gang

Man's murder in 2016 was ordered by East Chicago street gang

Michigander - East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit)

published:16 May 2018

Michigander - East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit)

Michigander - East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit)

published:16 May 2018

views:768

Music video for East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit) performed by Michigander.
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michigander/id1096482927
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Michigander - East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit)

published:16 May 2018

views:768

Music video for East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit) performed by Michigander.
michiganderband.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-BIPO1Z1RcgvqufyncaQA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michigander/id1096482927
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East Chicago Icy Roads

published:27 Dec 2008

East Chicago Icy Roads

East Chicago Icy Roads

published:27 Dec 2008

views:240101

Chicago-area drivers and pedestrians alike struggled to control their travel on the morning of December 26, 2008, after a \"flash freeze\" covered the area in a slick layer of ice. I shot this video at the intersection of Indianapolis Blvd. and 143rd Street in East Chicago, Indiana, between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Normally I shoot stills exclusively during big news events, but this was one situation where video told the story a lot better.
By far my favorite subjects are the man and woman in the green car who start things off by getting stuck in the middle of the intersection. After failed requests for help from the car behind them (\"Tap us!\"), the driver exits the car *while it is still in drive* to throw salt under the wheels. Only in EC....

East Chicago Icy Roads

published:27 Dec 2008

views:240101

Chicago-area drivers and pedestrians alike struggled to control their travel on the morning of December 26, 2008, after a \"flash freeze\" covered the area in a slick layer of ice. I shot this video at the intersection of Indianapolis Blvd. and 143rd Street in East Chicago, Indiana, between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Normally I shoot stills exclusively during big news events, but this was one situation where video told the story a lot better.
By far my favorite subjects are the man and woman in the green car who start things off by getting stuck in the middle of the intersection. After failed requests for help from the car behind them (\"Tap us!\"), the driver exits the car *while it is still in drive* to throw salt under the wheels. Only in EC....

Demetra Turner and her family moved into the West Calumet Public Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana in May 2016. A month later, she found out she would have to evacuate her new home due to extremely elevated levels of lead and arsenic in the soil and water. It turned out the public housing com

Music video for East Chicago, IN (Acoustic in Detroit) performed by Michigander.
michiganderband.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-BIPO1Z1RcgvqufyncaQA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michigander/id1096482927
Copyright (C) 2018 Michigander.
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Chicago-area drivers and pedestrians alike struggled to control their travel on the morning of December 26, 2008, after a \"flash freeze\" covered the area in a slick layer of ice. I shot this video at the intersection of Indianapolis Blvd. and 143rd Street in East Chicago, Indiana, between the hours